Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their significant others!

All of this can occur in Ragnarok: Fate of the Norns. This Kickstarter funded roleplaying game is set in a Viking realm, deep and rich with epic grandeur of Norse mythology. Made for two to eight players, Ragnarok relies not on dice rolls, but special rune icons (included with the game).

The far-flung future of the Numenera RPG gains its second supplemental book for the game, The Devil’s Spine. Containing a set of linked adventures, Devil’s Spine can be used to supply singular adventures for the system or the beginnings of a full-on campaign.

Warmachine’s Iron Kingdoms roleplaying system gains a fancy, metal token set this weekend. The set contains focus, spell, feat, cripple, fire, and many more tokens, all of which are dry-erase compatible, allowing you to mark on them without permanent effect.

Warp speed has been engaged on the Redshirts Deluxe Edition. Which means someone is going to be beaten to death by a gorn.

This special edition of the game comes complete with entirely new, remastered artwork as well as the To Boldly Go expansion. For those unfamiliar with the game, each player takes on the role of a starship captain attempting to eliminate all of their own redshirts before any other player can.

The Halloween season is upon us and that includes the King of Tokyo.

King of Tokyo: Halloween is another new expansion for the hit monster-battle game. This expansion contains two new monsters, each creepy and Halloween themed, as well as special costume cards that enhance each monster.

If you’ve ever thought that what the hit deception game, Bang!, was missing is vampires, Blood Bound is the game for you!

Though the company missed out on a huge opportunity to name the game Fang!, Blood Bound is still an awesome group experience where players attempt to figure out who is a vampire and who is a human (among other designations).

Adding more treasures to its booby trapped vault, Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game gains an expansion in Rise of the Crimson Hand. This expansion adds cards to the game decks, detailed villain miniatures, epic city events, and dangers like never before, including the new “deadly tests” option. Inspired by pulpy adventurers and Indiana Jones, Fortune and Glory is for fans of classic adventure stories.

The Mage Knight board game adds a new ultra baddie in the form of Krang. Krang is a Orc Chaos Shaman, who is a completely playable character coming complete with a miniature, tokens, and cards.

The second Numenera related game to appear tonight, Thunderstone: Numenera is an entirely stand-alone version of the Thunderstone Advanced system, but set in the world of Numenera, an Earth a billion years in the future.

Family drama increases in Gloom: Unquiet Dead.

In the game of darkly humored fratricide, players compete to kill their family members in the most horrific ways. Unquiet Dead adds stories (a new way to kill family members), undead (abilities that let your family become fantastic creatures like werewolves and vampires), and timing symbols (a new feature that effects when actions take place).

Famed game designer Martin Wallace delivers yet another game set in the Discworld of Terry Pratchett. The Witches: A Discworld Game has players taking on the roles of trainee witches in either solo, cooperative, or competitive gameplay modes.

Finally, two of the most popular fantasy gaming franchises come together for a singular gaming experience!

Yes, folks, Munchkin Pathfinder is here!

This new base edition of Munchkin comes with Pathfinder-related characters, monsters, items, and other goodies. And imagine all of that paired with the classic Munchkin wit and John Kovalic’s recognizable artwork.

Hopefully you have about a month to kill, because this post is going to be like the War and Peace of game posts.

Let’s jump right in with a restock (sort of) on the freshly reprinted Advanced Fighting Fantasy RPG. The classic Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone created series has been picked up by Arion Games, updated, and reprinted. Based around single player adventuring, this core rulebook contains everything you’ll need to start up. That’s hero creation rules, game rules, spells, powers, and all the monsters, dungeons, and adventures you could shake a battle axe at. A perfect way to get into roleplaying, if you’re looking to start.

Just in time for the Thor movie, Yggdrasil. Z-Man games (so you know it looks a’very nice) releases this one, which has players taking on the role of gods in the defense of the world tree, Yggdrasil. Yes, Ragnarok is on the way and you have to take three actions each time your turn comes up. Actions include conversing with dwarfs, elves or Valkyries for benefits, fight frost giants, and/or venture to Asgard and fight against the baddies. If you dig Norse mythology and smashing things, this is for you.

Okay, here’s a short one.

Age of Steam: Germany & France Expansion pack. It combines the maps of Germany and France for you to play on…that’s it. Done.

D&D The Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and Beyond has dropped onto the shelves. Inside its box-y confines are all the contents giving you the ability to play in the city of Gloomwrought. These contents include: a campaign guide, a 32-page book of encounters, a lovely map of the city and other areas, character and monster tokens, and 30 cards to enhance your encounters. D&D knows what’s up, so these box sets always treat you right.

Very inventive game here. Pastiche revolves around art and its creation. Players select a card that displays a famous work of art, underneath it is a set of colors that were used in the palette. Players then attempt to “mix” colors by placing tiles. Simple yet strategic and, yet, still fun for the whole family.

Another Call of Cthulhu offshoot, The Legacy of Arrius Lurco is set in the Cthulhu Invictus universe. The story follows Arrius Lurco who has vanished and returned recently only to start having nightmares. This softcover contains a campaign divided into four sections set in ancient Rome, Rome, and Cyrenaica. Expect all the creepy, disturbing monsters and horror of any Lovecraft offshoot.

If you’re Jonesing for a good screw-your-opponent game, then you’ve just found FaceEater. A card game, FaceEater involves time travel, face melting, nerve gas, and a number of other horrible tortures. Each player tries to earn the most points while screwing their opponents up as much as they can. Inside the box are 192 cards to create a deck from. Dark, funny, and addictive.

The rulebook for Mercs, a new futuristic miniature game, shipped, along with a number of the stats cards that are necessary for play. As always, the rule book, through detailed instruction and bright, stylish pictures and artwork. Why not check it out?

Merkator is next. Players control merchants during the Thirty Years’ War who are working to complete contracts based around requested goods. After you finish a contract, you gain another, more lucrative, one. But you’ll find that global travel may be necessary to locate the goods you need. Above all, though, time is of the essence.

More traveling in this travel game about traveling called Travel Blog: Europe & USA. That’s lots’a travel. And, as I said, the game is about traveling across the world, but hinges on your knowledge of the globe. You pick up cards that link countries, basically choosing the route of your trip, and attempted to do it quicker than your opponent. The game can be used as a learning tool, as well, because it focuses heavily on world geography and the names of countries.

Troyes is a game divided into card and dice control. Centered around the construction (over four centuries) of Troyes, France, the game has players controlling a portion of the population (the dice) which will fall into one of three categories, civil, religious, or military. Through them, players choose what options to perform that will assist them in building the city.

Another perfect family game, Simpatico, is all about strategic movement of cards. The game consists of 84 cards that have various images and colors on them. Placed on a game mat divided into three sections, gamers move the cards up to the top row, where they’ll gain points, by placing them on top of other cards that have the same shape, color, or quantity. A fast, portable game like Treehouse, Fluxx, or Archeology.

Winner of a New Worlds of Gaming Spiel Des Jahres award, Space Alert is a game that demands your attention. Suitable from one to five players (always nice to see a single player game), Space Alert is similar to Red November, but with one major change: CDs. Yes, included CDs control how the space mission the players are on occurs. Also, the game is team based, so the crew of the ship needs to work together if they have any hope of surviving.

An investment, currency control game, at heart, Airlines: Europe has gamers bidding, buying, and controlling the beginning stages of the commercial aviation business in Europe. If your airline performs better than others, investors will flock to you, earning you further influence and success. Of course, the most impressive profit is always the end goal.

The Secret of Monte Cristo builds off of Alexandre Dumas’ famous story. The game’s premise revolves around searching for hidden treasure in that the Count left in his former prison. Turn order fluctuates, giving one active player the chance to place explorers, based off a new marble rolling system. The game may sound a bit odd, reading it on here, but once you’ve seen it in person you’ll realize the genius in its design.

Another game based on a classic literary tale, The Three Musketeers: The Queen’s Pendants offers a hell of a lot more fun than reading words. Heh, who does that any…Oh. Uh, keep reading. Anyway, some players take on the roles of the Musketeers while one controls Cardinal Richelieu. As the Musketeers fight to make it through the Louvre so that they may give the diamonds back to the Queen Mother, Richelieu chases them, attempting to find and steal the diamonds first. Action, adventure fun.

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